Peanut Butter Crunch Bars

Are you obsessed with peanut butter? How about Butterfinger candy bars? If yes, then I think I may have made your Friday. 🙂

My goal here was to create a dessert with loads of peanut butter power. There’s some chocolate going on here and some subtle graham flavor, but let’s be real, it’s mostly a peanut butter flavored party. I had the idea to add Butterfinger bars to a no-bake peanut butter layer. I figured it would be a winner because let’s face it, peanut butter + peanut butter flavored candy bar = awesome. Also who doesn’t love the “crispety, crunchety” texture of Butterfingers? However, I had an unexpected finding.

Do you know what you get when you combine peanut butter, graham crackers, butter, and powdered sugar? (Besides a bunch of delicious-ness.) It kinda tastes like the inside of a Butterfinger bar. Go figure! That was a complete surprise to me (and my husband). I wonder if that’s part of their magic secret recipe… hmmm.

Butterfinger bars are crumbly so it will literally only take you a few seconds to chop them up. In fact, they kind of try to explode on their own so slowing down a little may actually help keep bits of Butterfinger out of your cabinetry. At this point, you’re simply giving your food processor a bit of a head start. There’s no way to screw this up. I like bigger chunks of Butterfinger bars be cause you get a little more crunch factor in every bite. If the chunks end up being smaller (not chunky) then the bars will be less crunchy but the flavor may be slightly more uniform. Either way, thee bars will taste freakin’ fantastic.

You only need four fun size Butterfinger bars here. Yes, really. Will they taste bad if you use 5 or 7? Nope, but it’s simply not necessary. You have all the Butterfinger punch you need from 4 of them. I’m sure you can find a good use for the leftover bars, like save them for your Halloween trick or treaters. (Lol, I’m funny. They won’t last that long in our house.)

The moment your lips hit the chocolate layer, it’s all over. You’ll find yourself with a dose of instant sweet chocolaty goodness followed up with peanut butter heaven. You may fall in love here and I take no responsibility. 😉

Did I mention that this is super simple to make? Seriously. Get the kids involved… yup, it’s that easy. They can smash the peanut layer into the pan, they can smear chocolate on top, they can eat those left over candy bars, whatever works for you as a parent that may have to clean up after them.

I like to eat bars straight from the fridge because they stay nice and firm. However, you can keep them at room temperature if you like a softer bar.

I. LOVEEEE. Butterfingers!!! These bars remind me that I haven’t had any in so long. I laughed reading this because I had the same thought about saving them for trick-or-treaters, then when naaaahhhh not happening! Haha Love these bars, Tina!